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Alexandria Troas, Caracalla, bronze coin — Statue of Apollo Smintheus (CN type 20081)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 198–217

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin in bronze struck at Alexandria Troas in Troas under Caracalla, dated AD 198–217. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 20081 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate head of bearded Caracalla, right. Legend: M AVREL ANTONINVS PI. Reverse: Statue of Apollo Smintheus, right, holding patera and bow, quiver hanging from the shoulder, on round base. Legend: COL ALEXAND AVG. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 5.46 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 23.6 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Mannsperger, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Deutschland. Münzsammlung der Universität Tübingen. 4. Mysien - Ionien. Nr. 2174-3306, München 1989, nr. 2542, pl. 89.

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
23.6 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
5.46 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Alexandria Troas
Region
Troas
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Caracalla

Design

Obverse type
Laureate head of bearded Caracalla, right.
Reverse type
Statue of Apollo Smintheus, right, holding patera and bow, quiver hanging from the shoulder, on round base.
Obverse legend
M AVREL ANTONINVS PI
Reverse legend
COL ALEXAND AVG

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20081
Type corpus identifier
CN type 20081

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